The Signal , Ron Carlson Long Bright River , Liz Moore Sarah, Plain and Tall , Patricia MacLachlan The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life after Brain Damage , Drew Magary* Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy , Christopher Hayes* The Cruelest Month , Louise Penny* St. Thomas Aquinas , G. K. Chesterton* I post the books I've read in the order I've finished them.  Asterisks indicate that the book was checked out from the library. The Signal was okay.  I might enjoy it more on a re-read?   Long Bright River had some holes, and I hate the jumping back in forth in timelines--especially so soon after The Signal --but I think I raced through it in a weekend.  Some of the twists I saw coming, some I didn't.  I'm happy to pass it on to you if we know each other in real life.  The writing was good. Sarah, Plain and Tall is still an absolute treasure of children's literature.  Reading it as an adult is almost like reading a free form ...